The Bas Bleu (1786) [ People / Practices ]
… thinks. While her loud neighbour on the right, Boasts what she has to do to-night; So very much, you'd swear her pride is To match the labours of ALCIDES; 'Tis true, in hyperbolic measure, She nobly calls her labours Pleasure; In this …
Bluestockings | Women | Greece
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